Klungbot: Combined Angklung, Android, and Kinect

 One of the unique creations that can be found on the event INAICTA (Indonesia ICT Award) 2012 angklung is a robot named "Klungbot" homemade Physics Engineering student team from the Institute of Technology Bandung.

As the name implies, is a system Klungbot robot to play the angklung. A series of bamboo musical instrument from West Java is associated with a mechanical lever mechanism connected to the computer as the controlling unit.

In addition to playing songs recorded automatically, Klungbot can also be controlled by the user using a MIDI keyboard.

Not only that, Tim Klungbot make a special player named KlungDroid software running on Android devices so Klungbot can also be played remotely over a network connection without a cable or WiFi.

Display software provides similar key is how to play a MIDI keyboard that is similar.

Uniquely, Tim Klungbot develop mechanisms for robot motion detection angklung this. The device used is owned by the controller Kinect Xbox 360 game console, connected with software "Klungnect".

As a result, Klungbot able to detect hand movements and finger the user to generate a tone like a conductor.

According to a team of technicians Klungbot Seno Nugroho encountered at the site Kompas Tekno performances INAICTA 2012, JCC, Saturday (09/15/2012), can detect motion Klungbot arms, elbows, and palms. "The number of gesture recognition infinite, depending on the programming," he said.

Previously, once a champion Klungbot Research & Development category at the event INAICTA 2011. Robot angklung is the creation Karismanto Rahmadika, Krishna Diastama, Fariza Dian Prasetya, Sutriyana, and Sholeh Taryana. The idea was triggered by Eko Mursito, faculty of Engineering Physics ITB.

According to Seno, Klungbot already offered commercially. "So far there have been two buyers in Bandung," he explained. The price is 30 million untui priced as complete units with a range of six octaves tone. There is also a variant of one octave at a price of 5 million. "There is also a lease, for example, for exhibition or corporate event birthday."

Klungbot made in cooperation Saung Udji and Astra is scheduled to begin mass production in October.
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